Friday's Photo: C. A. Giddens - Men's and Boys' Wear, Clothing, ETC. - St. Louis, Missouri

7622-24 South Broadway, St. Louis, Missouri

A portion of a letter assumed to
be written by Charles Giddens.

My great-grandfather, Charles A. Giddens, owned a men and boys clothing store in St. Louis, Missouri by 1923, throughout the 1930s, and possibly the early 1940s. The building, at 7622-24 South Broadway, was built about 1885. According to the National Register of Historic Places, the building is brick and two stories with a flat roof surrounded by a brick cornice. It is described as having three doors, including one to access the second story. The first story has been remodeled and is sided with vertical boards but some of the original cast iron facade is exposed on the outer edges. 

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Sources

7622-24 South Broadway, St. Louis, Missouri. Google Maps. Web. 1 Feb. 2019. <https://www.google.com/maps/place/7622+S+Broadway,+St.+Louis,+MO+63111/@38.5466852,-90.2604517,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x87d8b6f4beeab2a9:0xd003e3cf3937bd24!8m2!3d38.5466852!4d-90.258263>.

Family photographs and documents from the collection of Diana Bryan Quinn.

National Register of Historic Places, St. Boniface Neighborhood Historic District, St. Louis Missouri 7622 S Broadway. https://dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/01000948.pdf